Life satisfaction across adulthood: different determinants at different ages?

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Positive Psychology

• Publication date

  2008-06-17

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1080/17439760701834602PMID 19865605PMCID PMC2768364
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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